1921
year
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1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1921st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 921st year of the 2nd millennium, the 21st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1920s decade. As of the start of 1921, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1890s 1900s 1910s – 1920s – 1930s 1940s 1950s |
| Years: | 1918 1919 1920 – 1921 – 1922 1923 1924 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1921 MCMXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2674 |
| Armenian calendar | 1370 ԹՎ ՌՅՀ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6671 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 77–78 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1842–1843 |
| Bengali calendar | 1328 |
| Berber calendar | 2871 |
| British Regnal year | 11 Geo. 5 – 12 Geo. 5 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2465 |
| Burmese calendar | 1283 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7429–7430 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 4617 or 4557 — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 4618 or 4558 |
| Coptic calendar | 1637–1638 |
| Discordian calendar | 3087 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1913–1914 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5681–5682 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1977–1978 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1842–1843 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5021–5022 |
| Holocene calendar | 11921 |
| Igbo calendar | 921–922 |
| Iranian calendar | 1299–1300 |
| Islamic calendar | 1339–1340 |
| Japanese calendar | Taishō 10 (大正１０年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1851–1852 |
| Juche calendar | 10 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4254 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 10 民國10年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 453 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2463–2464 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 2047 or 1666 or 894 — to — 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 2048 or 1667 or 895 |
Events change
- Albert Einstein receives the Nobel Prize in Physics.
- Partition of Ireland (May 3rd)
- Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma, United States (May 31st-June 1st)
- Karl Gareis is murdered in Munich, Germany (June 9th)
- Insulin is invented in Canada by Frederick Banting and Charles Best (July 27th)
- Matthias Erzberger is murdered in Germany (August 25th)
- A hurricane devastates Tampa Bay, Florida (October 20th-October 30th)
- Anglo-Irish Treaty signed (December 6th)
Births change
January change
- January 5 – Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (d. 2019)
- January 17 – Antonio Prohias Cuban-American cartoonist (d. 1998)
- January 19 – Patricia Highsmith, American writer (d. 1995)
- January 27 - Donna Reed, American actress (d. 1986)
- January 29 – Mustafa Ben Halim, 3rd Prime Minister of Libya (d. 2021)
- January 31 – Carol Channing, American actress and singer (d. 2019)
February change
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- February 4 – Betty Friedan, American feminist, activist, and writer (d. 2006)
- February 4 – K. R. Narayanan, President of India (d. 2005)
- February 8 – Lana Turner, American actress (d. 1995)
- February 16 - Hua Guofeng, Chairman of the Communist Party of China (d. 2008)
- February 20 – Suharto, 2nd President of Indonesia (d. 2008)
- February 22 - Jean-Bédel Bokassa, 2nd President of the Central African Republic (d. 1996)
March change
- March 21 – Abdul Salam Arif, 2nd President of Iraq (d. 1966)
- March 24 – Vasily Smyslov, Russian chess player (d. 2010)
- March 25 – Nancy Kelly, American actress (d. 1995)
April change
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- April 9 - Yitzhak Navon, 5th President of Israel (d. 2015)
- April 14 – Thomas Schelling, American economist (d. 2016)
- April 25 – Karel Appel, Belgian artist (d. 2006)
May change
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- May 2 – Satyajit Ray, Indian movie maker (d. 1992)
- May 3 – Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (d. 1989)
- May 21 – Andrei Sakharov, Soviet physicist and activist (d. 1989)
- May 25 – Jack Steinberger, German-American physicist (d. 2020)
June change
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- June 10 – Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, member of the British royal family, husband of Queen Elizabeth II (d. 2021)
- June 21 – Jane Russell, American actress (d. 2011)
July change
- July 6 – Nancy Reagan, First Lady of the United States (d. 2016)
- July 14 – Geoffrey Wilkinson, English chemist (d. 1996)
- July 18 – John Glenn, American astronaut and politician (d. 2016)
- July 24 – Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian operatic tenor (d. 2008)
August change
- August 8 – Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress (d. 2013)
September change
- September 1 – Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (d. 1995)
- September 30 – Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (d. 2007)
- September 30 – Sagramor de Scuvero Brandão, Brazilian actress, radio personality and councillor (d. 1995)
October change
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- October 4 – Francisco Morales-Bermúdez, 112th Prime Minister and 51st President of Peru (d. 2022)
- October 19 – Gunnar Nordahl, Swedish footballer (d. 1995)
November change
December change
- December 26 – Steve Allen, American actor, comedian, composer, and writer (d. 2000)
Deaths change
January change
February change
March change
- March 1 – King Nicholas I of Montenegro (b. 1841)
April change
May change
June change
- June 9 – Karl Gareis, German legal scholar (b.1889)
July change
- July 4 – Antoni Grabowski, early proponent of Esperanto (b. 1857)
August change
- August 2 – Enrico Caruso, Italian operatic tenor (b. 1873)
- August 16 – Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)
- August 25 – Matthias Erzberger, former German minister of finance (b. 1875)
September change
October change
November change
December change
Sports change
- Kentucky Derby winner, Behave Yourself